Chief Prosecutor for the Prosecution Authority at the Mid- and West Zealand Police

The Director of Public Prosecutions, on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, seeks a Chief Prosecutor for the Mid and West Zealand Police.

The position should be filled no later than 1 January 2027.

Chief Prosecutor

The chief prosecutor is the head of the local prosecution authority in the police district and will have 3 heads of chambers and a department head reporting to them.

Under the overall leadership of the Police Director and in close collaboration with the police, the chief prosecutor is responsible for ensuring that criminal cases are handled at a high professional level, with the necessary speed and in a good and efficient collaboration with the district court(s). The chief prosecutor is also responsible for ensuring that criminal cases are prioritized in accordance with the requirements set by the Police Director, based on national performance requirements among other things.

The chief prosecutor is furthermore responsible for legality control across the entire police district. The chief prosecutor also plays an important role in the cooperation and interaction between the prosecution service, staff and the police branch.

The chief prosecutor plays a central role in cross-cutting and strategic cooperation on the development of criminal case processing, including quality and supervision work, both within the local police district and across the districts, among other things together with the other chief prosecutors, the state prosecutors and the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Prosecution Leadership Forum. At the same time, the chief prosecutor has a central role in relation to the district\'s external stakeholders and partners.

Qualifications

The chief prosecutor must be a well-qualified lawyer (cand.jur.) who, through work in the prosecution service or otherwise, has acquired a strong professional grounding to lead a local prosecution authority. The chief prosecutor must possess a high professional integrity with focus on quality and legality as well as solid experience with operational management. The chief prosecutor must furthermore be a strong, engaged and visible leader with good strategic and analytical abilities, well-developed cooperation skills, good organizational understanding and good communication skills.

The chief prosecutor must be able to lead through leaders in a strongly professionally anchored culture and must at the same time be at the forefront of the ongoing development of the organization.

It requires strong personal presence, a trust-building leadership style, solid experience with goals and results management, experience with change management and organizational changes with particular emphasis on strategic analysis of the task portfolio.

Salary and employment terms

The appointment will be on a fixed-term basis in accordance with the framework agreement on the appointment of managers in the state. The position will, according to the framework agreement, be placed in salary grade 2 (corresponding to salary frame 38). A personal allowance will be agreed depending on experience and qualifications and a fixed-term allowance.

If you are already employed as a civil servant, you can retain your employment status.

The area of employment is the police and the prosecution service.

It is a condition of employment that you can obtain a security clearance.

Further information

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting Police Director Andreas Langsted at phone 2933 6693 or e-mail [email protected].

The application

The positions are applied for electronically via søg stillingen.

If you are a civil servant, the application must be addressed to the King.

The application must be received in the recruitment system no later than Monday 26 October 2026 at 12:00.

Interviews are expected to be held at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on Thursday 29 October 2026.

All interested regardless of personal background are encouraged to apply.